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Wisconsin Badgers 2018-2019

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pokechecker said:
So the importance of finishing #1 WCHA is you get the title of champ, beyond that, not much.
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Right, it gets you a trophy. The main goal of the regular season make it into the ncaa's; the next goal is get home ice for the 1st round of the ncaa's.
 
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I love this.

As seriously as we all take this stuff, Instagram this morning 'suggested' to me a photo posted by UW's Britta Curl of her missing an open half-net against Sydney Scobee from earlier this season. And in the comments, Curl and Mekenzie Steffen and Scobee and others go back and forth good-naturedly jabbing each other while at the same time self deprecating themselves.

Kids, having fun, playing a game.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsyJs9VhtC9/

(Cross posted to the UM thread.)
 
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Tool Shed said:
.Good split by the Badgers but they will need to find a way to score more goals! Scobee played good but when you hit her in the belly 70% of the time its an easy game....I guess they need more goals of the mask & legs of the opposition.
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With this roster scoring shouldn't be a problem, but not seeing the games I don't know how clean of a look the shooters were getting at the gut shots.

I think they need to do something to get Clark going, but how they do that I am not sure. You can't touch Roque/Shirley/Curl, it's their most consistent scoring line. They tried different players with Pankowski & Clark, but nothing took off. Maybe flip Curl and Clark?
 
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Timothy A said:
With this roster scoring shouldn't be a problem, but not seeing the games I don't know how clean of a look the shooters were getting at the gut shots.

I think they need to do something to get Clark going, but how they do that I am not sure. You can't touch Roque/Shirley/Curl, it's their most consistent scoring line. They tried different players with Pankowski & Clark, but nothing took off. Maybe flip Curl and Clark?
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Swap Shaver with Clark & get Pankowski to move the puck a little more....BOOM!
 
Quick question, if someone knows...
Why does WI only play one goalie? Do the others really suck? I can't imagine they have three bad alternatives. No offense to any goalie parents out there...
 
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WorkerBee said:
Quick question, if someone knows...
Why does WI only play one goalie? Do the others really suck? I can't imagine they have three bad alternatives. No offense to any goalie parents out there...
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Good question. Playoffs come and they gamble that the goalie doesn't get hurt. None of the backups have played enough to just "drop them in" to a final four game.

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WorkerBee said:
Quick question, if someone knows...
Why does WI only play one goalie? Do the others really suck? I can't imagine they have three bad alternatives. No offense to any goalie parents out there...
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Blesi played one period against Lindenwood - zero goals, four saves - and two periods against Syracuse - one goal, six saves.

MJ seems to like playing one goalie, if they're good. The only way freshman Ann-Renee Desbiens got ice time was when Rigsby got hurt, eg.

I have no idea how good or bad Blesi or Cece might be. But I trust Johnson and Mark Greenhalgh do.
 
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WorkerBee said:
Quick question, if someone knows...
Why does WI only play one goalie? Do the others really suck? I can't imagine they have three bad alternatives. No offense to any goalie parents out there...
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Yep, like Robert said, MJ just plays one and that it. It would make sense to have Blesi (assuming she's #2) into more games, but MJ doesn't roll that way. When ARD was out 4 games her So year (I think), Cece played very well, went 3-1 and I think all were on the road. Basically, if you are a goalie @ UW, there's no way you suck to begin with. UW is goalie U.

Welcome to the board.
 
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Tool Shed said:
Swap Shaver with Clark & get Pankowski to move the puck a little more....BOOM!
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Yeah, moving the puck more makes sense. I do agree that Clark and Pankowski do tend to hold the puck too long at times. What makes the Roque Shirley Curl line so good is how they, especially Roque, move the puck. It especially sinks in after watching the Caps Sharks highlights from yesterday, there is some fantastic puck movement there.
 
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Timothy A said:
Cece played very well, went 3-1 and I think all were on the road.
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I had forgotten that.

Cece started five games in 2016-2017, four wins, one loss (the first of those starts, at Duluth), 1.60 GAA, .907 save percent. Two of those were at LaBahn, against Cornell. (She was also the starter and winner in the 'Carbon Monoxide' game At Lindenwood.)

If North Dakota had not folded, Cece would have been the starter in 2017-2018.
 
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robertearle said:
I had forgotten that.

Cece started five games in 2016-2017, four wins, one loss (the first of those starts, at Duluth), 1.60 GAA, .907 save percent. Two of those were at LaBahn, against Cornell. (She was also the starter and winner in the 'Carbon Monoxide' game At Lindenwood.)

If North Dakota had not folded, Cece would have been the starter in 2017-2018.
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I certainly thought Cece was the heiress to the net as well, thought the fact that Blesi is now #2 makes a guy wonder if she would have supplanted Cece for the top spot, though Blesi flipped from OSU pretty late. I kinda feel bad for Cece, going from thinking you are it to where she is now, but that is how life is lots of the time. I think Kronsish is redshirting, thought she's listed as a Fr and I think next year Blesi or Cece should as well to spread out the talent a bit.
 
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robertearle said:
I had forgotten that.

Cece started five games in 2016-2017, four wins, one loss (the first of those starts, at Duluth), 1.60 GAA, .907 save percent. Two of those were at LaBahn, against Cornell. (She was also the starter and winner in the 'Carbon Monoxide' game At Lindenwood.)

If North Dakota had not folded, Cece would have been the starter in 2017-2018.
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They went out & got Blesi that summer for a reason. She would be the starter today if not for Soupy's arrival.
 
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Timothy A said:
Yep, like Robert said, MJ just plays one and that it.
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Lately, yes, but it wasn't always that way. He rotated three when Vetter was a frosh and rotated her and Dufour the next year.
 
Tool Shed said:
They went out & got Blesi that summer for a reason. She would be the starter today if not for Soupy's arrival.
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She should get a chance to play to see how she does. If I was a goalie, UW would not be on my list of top schools to consider for a few reasons; shot count is too low and I may never play a game. Not really attractive unless I was a ringer and MJ guaranteed me every game. Guaranteed great statistics.
 
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from the MN thread:
robertearle said:
IIRC, the pass was made by Mikaela Gardner; she was also the one caught 'spectating' and so turned a fairly normal breakout into the two-on-one that was the Gophers' goal. Uncharacteristically, Gardner had a bad night.
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I didn't realize it at the time, but that is the first goal scored against her (even strength). Is she normally paired with Rolfes, and which line typically does she appear on the ice with?
kinda amazing to go this long into the season
 
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pokechecker said:
from the MN thread:


I didn't realize it at the time, but that is the first goal scored against her (even strength). Is she normally paired with Rolfes, and which line typically does she appear on the ice with?
kinda amazing to go this long into the season
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Yes, her partner is Rolfes.

"Which line"? You mean forward line? To the best of my knowledge (and that ain't sayin' much) UW doesn't really pair up forward lines and defensive pairs (because the 4th forward line gets as much playing time as they do?). Any front line with any D pair, as far as I know.
 
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A great day for Hockey! We will miss tonight's game, it's parents' night for my daughter's bb team she helps manage, so she and I are committed to that.

Hopefully it's slump breaker weekend. ;) UW is 2-2 in their last 4, that's almost a BC'esque record.
 
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